Fencing for sheep

Wee Willy

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Tyrone
Thanks for replies but you have totally lost me regarding different types of sheep wire. The water course doesn't flood, it's a open drain,dry in summer and 6" deep in winter. As long as it's a drain,I get a grant.
Question,if 5 strand would keep in preg ewes would they make much more muck than store lambs in winter? What ever was grazing,they have to be off in January.
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
well that's a huge advantage that it doesn't flood.

HT wire means High Tensile it takes and holds a strain way better and is lighter weight pro rata than ordinary steel wire of any type.
It can be High tensile barbed wire (which is better and safer ) or high tensile 2.5mm wire which is commonly used in a fence line or high tensile so called 'stock fence' /net /sheep/pig square hole type netting of which
100 metre rolls of that are the most common sold/ available. but you can get longer rolls as previously mentioned.

The different type s of stock nettiing are sold as 8.8.15 , (15 cm between vertical wires ) 8.80.22 (22 cm between vertical wire s ) or 8.80.30 (30 cm between vertical wires ) this important measurement between vertical wires on the stock net if wider means if a sheep puts their head through to grab a bite of grass through the fence then they will be able to pull their head back out easier and not get stuck. 22 and 30 types are fine for this where as 15cm spaces type can mean some sheep s heads can get stuck and need pulling out manually.
.the only other thing is would need to check if 8.80. 30. would be eligible for grant though it might be it requires no wider gap than 8. 80. 22.)

The difference between those sheep mentioned wont make much difference it will just be down the numbers of each really, the only other thing will be that heavy or later in lamb ewes wont eat quite so much.
 
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Done miles of NE grant fencing here and it’s spec is treated posts, netting (we call it pig netting rylock type high tensile) and one barb. There is a max post spacing too
 
The guy asked what it would cost for a contractor to do it. I'm sure it can be done cheaper with the poorest materials and 3yr life span tanalised timber.
A bit since I did mine. I did some myself this year didn’t ask what the posts and wire cost but I know they’ve gone up
 

tepapa

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Livestock Farmer
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North Wales
A bit since I did mine. I did some myself this year didn’t ask what the posts and wire cost but I know they’ve gone up
10years ago the "standard" rate was cicra £5/m using the shitty tanalised posts that subsequently all rotted. Since then all materials have gone up massively as well as labour. Added to that people are now realising that paying for creosote has long term benefits so the price has gone up substantially.
 
10years ago the "standard" rate was cicra £5/m using the shitty tanalised posts that subsequently all rotted. Since then all materials have gone up massively as well as labour. Added to that people are now realising that paying for creosote has long term benefits so the price has gone up substantially.
Some of what else did less than ten years ago is fooked now. Posts rotted off at the usual place. Quite upsetting really. What’s the protocol with posts nowadays to get some life out of them? Father always had a batch of posts inside the shed drying out ready to use and a barrel of creasote x waste oil mixed. Left them in a while then did the next lot. Never envy time for these things now
 

tepapa

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Livestock Farmer
Location
North Wales
Some of what else did less than ten years ago is fooked now. Posts rotted off at the usual place. Quite upsetting really. What’s the protocol with posts nowadays to get some life out of them? Father always had a batch of posts inside the shed drying out ready to use and a barrel of creasote x waste oil mixed. Left them in a while then did the next lot. Never envy time for these things now
If you don't mind paying for creosote, then UK treated posts are dried and pressure treated, they just sting a bit in your pocket buying them and if you get a spalsh in your eye. If you won't pay for creosote then you need to find larch posts treated with tanalith. It's the same chemical they all use but larch have more natural durability than pine or spruce. Otherwise its metal posts.
 

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